Empty peanut shells are the latest casualty of China’s drought

Peanut farmers in China are left with empty shells as excessive climate wreaks havoc on harvests on the earth’s most populous nation.

Nutless pods are a consequence of alternating drought and extreme rains throughout key planting and progress durations. That’s dangerous information for China, the world’s greatest grower, after farmers already shrunk the planting acreage. The empty shells are one issue that might lead to peanut output tumbling as a lot as 30% this season, in response to analysts.